verb
1 support sth that already exists
ADVERB
▪ greatly , powerfully , strongly
▪
This report strongly ~s the view that the system must be changed.
▪ further
▪ merely , only , simply
▪
All this simply ~s my earlier point.
▪ constantly , continually
▪ subtly
▪
Our prejudices are subtly ~d in many different ways.
▪ mutually
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Violence and rejection by society are mutually reinforcing.
▪ unwittingly
▪ positively
VERB + REINFORCE
▪ help (to) , serve to , tend to
2 make sth stronger
ADVERB
▪ heavily
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
The door was built of oak, heavily ~d with iron.
Reinforce is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ argument , ↑ attitude , ↑ behaviour , ↑ belief , ↑ concept , ↑ conclusion , ↑ conviction , ↑ division , ↑ hierarchy , ↑ idea , ↑ image , ↑ importance , ↑ impression , ↑ inequality , ↑ message , ↑ myth , ↑ notion , ↑ point , ↑ prejudice , ↑ stereotype , ↑ suspicion , ↑ tendency , ↑ trend , ↑ view